I had the chance to listen to the Startup Podcast by Gimlet. It’s a really unique opportunity to hear all the behind the scenes action of what happens when someone tries to start their own company – all the successes and all the failures. Season one focuses on a man named Alex Bloomberg. Alex had… Continue reading Let’s Talk Podcasts
Last week, Spotify announced it had purchased Gimlet Media, a digital media company and podcasting network, for $230 million. Gimlet was founded only four and a half years ago by Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber. Despite their recent breakthrough, Gimlet Media’s journey to success was not without bumps in the road. They documented their trials… Continue reading The Unlikely Beginnings of Gimlet Media
The entire time I listened to Gimlet Media’s first season of “StartUp,” I felt like I was basically streaming NPR on one specific topic for two hours. It was awesome. Alex Blumberg, a former public radio producer and journalist, made it his mission to document the start of his business, a for-profit podcast streaming company.… Continue reading When a journalist becomes an entrepreneur
If you had the chance, would you quit your well-paying, full-time job to start a company of your own? Would you give up the stability it takes to raise a family and bet on your idea and ability? That is exactly what Alex Blumberg chronicled in the first season of his Startup podcast. Blumberg had… Continue reading A Look Behind The Scenes of Building a Startup
If I had a dollar, or a dime, a nickel or penny or whatever small denomination of currency you wish to use for every time I heard someone say, We should start a podcast, I would be rich enough to never need to use that dumb cliche ever again. That phrase should win an award… Continue reading Let’s start a startup (actually, let’s not and say we did)
From listening to podcasts, to reading articles from hopeful entrepreneurs, I have come to the conclusion that the most important thing you can do for a startup is to think big. I’m not saying to eliminate your sense of reality. But I have found that if you truly believe in something you have to be… Continue reading It’s Time to Think Big
The highs and lows of the entrepreneurial spirit, as told by Alex Blumberg.
I’m not a podcast listener. This is probably a very unpopular journalism major thing, but I’m still very aware of the growing popularity of podcasts! I’m even one of the producers of a new podcast called Snewscast (yay for trying new things!) Anyway, listening to the first few episodes of “StartUp” by Gimlet Media was… Continue reading We have to Start(Up) somewhere
Our class has been requiring us to listen to a lot of podcasts. I’m not going to lie, I used to hate them. I thought they were for “old people” and were just old men discussing things like politics and sports. Once again, as I seem to be often in this entrepreneurial learning process, I… Continue reading The real tea on podcasts (Startup, specifically)
Startups require a lot more than just a good idea. If I have learned anything thus far, it is that even the best ideas can fail if the entrepreneur behind them doesn’t have the passion and skills to see them through to success. Not everyone has the drive to be an entrepreneur… or the guts,… Continue reading It can only go up from here
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